Cue-rack.



No. 824,386. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

L. SEVIGNY.

CUE RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,1905.

' Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

Specification of Letters Paten Application filed June 30,1905. SerialNo. 267,707.

Patented June 26, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUDGER SEVIGNY, a subject of the King of England,residing at Sherbrooke, in the county of Sherbrooke, Province of Quebec,Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cue-Racks;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to billiard-cue racks.

The object of my invention is to provide a rack for so supporting cuesthat they will be kept from warping by their own weight.

A further object of my invention is to provide such a rack with meansfor guiding the insertion of cues therein and releasing cues heldthereby; and my invention consists of the construction, combination, andarrangement of parts as herein illustrated, described, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, I haveillustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawingssimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and in whichFigure 1 is a front elevation of a cue-rack of my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical section taken approximately on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is arear elevation of a portion of a cuerack of my invention, and Fig. 4 isa plan view of a portion of a cue-rack of my invention, some of theparts being illustrated as broken away to better show the construction.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is a frame adapted to be secured to a wallin any suitable manner, and which may be of any suitable material andconstruction, but which is preferably provided with a box-like base 6near its bottom, partly covered by a removable shelf 7, and providedwith a rabbet or seat 8 adjacent its upper end.

Locked in position by the shelf 7 and rabbet 8 is a face-plate 9, fromwhich project guide-pins 10, between which pins the cue 11 lies whenplaced in position in the rack, as herein described.

Adjacent the upper end of the frame 5 is disposed a shelf or bracket 12,on the upper face of which is disposed a fixed arm 13, to which ispivotally connected the spring-actuated clip 14, which clip is actuatedin one direction by means of the helical spring 15, secured by the stud16, the opposite ends of said spring being in engagement with the fixedarm and the clip, respectively, and its tension acting to force thefront end of the clip toward the fixed arm, as best shown in the planview, Fig. 4, forming a clamping means for the upper end of a cue, whichis disposed with its weighted end downward, which tends to preventwarping of the cue.

The shelf or bracket 12 is provided with a series of approximatelycircular openings 17, corresponding in number to the maximum number ofcues to be disposed in the rack. The arms 13 and clips 14 are disposedadjacent these openin s, so that the recessed portions 18 of theseclamping members are within the circumferences of the openings. Therecesses 18 are padded or filled with a resilient material 19such asleather, rubber, or feltso that the clamping members will have a firmhold on the cues without scratching the surfaces thereof.

Intermediate of the openings 17 the front part of the shelf 12 isprovided with rounded edges 20. The clip 14 is-provided with anextension 21, which projects beyond the rounded edges on one side of theopenings adjacent thereto, forming a guide for the insertion of a one inthe direction indicated by the arrow Y, Fig. 4.

Supported in any suitable way, as by the base 6, are brackets 22, inwhich are rotatably mounted guide-rollers 23, about which pass flexiblemembers, such as small chains 24. To the lower ends of the chains 24 aresecured handles or plungers 25, by means of which the chains 24 maybepulled downward. Connected to the upper ends of the chains 24 arepivoted levers 26, which are arranged to abut against the inner ends 27of the pivoted clips 14, Figs. 3 and 4, so that when the handles 25 aredrawn outward the chains are drawn downward, carrying with them thelevers 26, preferably bell-crank levers, having arms 26 and 26 which arerocked on their pivots 28, so as to carry the upper ends of the arms 26in the direction indicated by the arrow X of Fig. 4, thereby actuatingthe outer ends of the clips 14 away from the rigid arms 13. Thismovement of the clamping member releases the cues therefrom, or

while in this position cues maybe inserted.-

From an inspection of Fig. 4 it should be evident that when the handles25 are released the springs 15 will throw the inner ends of the clips 14in a direction opposite to that indicated by the said arrow X, therebyIIO closing the clips 14 against the fixed arms 13, a handle and itsconnecting members being provided for each clip.

The-faceplate 9 may be removed to give access to the chains, &c., byremoving the shelf 7, a hook 29 being provided on the faceplate forremoving it, whereby the face-plate may be lifted out of the frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cue rack, a supporting -frame, clamping members carried by theframe, a spring arranged to actuate one of the clamping members, and apivoted member adapted to overcome the action of the spring.

2. In a cue rack, a supporting frame, clamping members carried by theframe, a spring arranged to actuate one of the clamping members, a leverpivoted to the frame and abutting against said actuated clamping member,a flexible member secured to the lever, and a handle attached to theflexible member.

3. In a cue-rack, a support1ngframe,

clamping members carried by the frame, a spring adapted to actuate oneof the clamping members, a pivoted lever arranged to abut against oneend of the actuated clamping member, a flexible member secured to thelever, a handle secured to the flexible member, and a guide for theflexible member comprising a bracket supported by the frame and arotatable roller adapted to receive the flexible member.

4. In a cue-rack a supporting-frame, an upper shelf thereon providedwith recesses therein and provided with rounded edges adjacent therecesses, clamping members carried by the shelf one of which is providedwith an extension, beyond said rounded edges, and means for actuatingand releasing the clamping members.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

LUDGER SEVIGNY.

WVitnesses:

EMILE RIDING, L. H. BRODEUR DE LAVIGNE.

